tetraspore Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium

WordNet

Tet"ra*spore noun
Etymology
Tetra- + spore.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds. -- Tet`ra*spor"ic a.

Webster 1913